Saturday, August 11, 2012

Automatic Loveletter (a band review)

Around two years ago, I stumbled upon this live video of All Time Low's *Remembering Sunday, with Juliet Simms singing somewhere along the song. The moment I heard her sing I thought that “she’s so damn good”,
although I never paid attention nor check out her band until only this year
when my partner told me that a certain Juliet Simms was one of the finalists in
the My Voice contest in the States, and that she was his favorite contestant. This very video (right) is what made me know who Juliet Simms is and her band, Automatic Loveletter.

*All Time Low’s song Remembering Sunday is one of my ultimate favorite song of
theirs. This song is about a man falling in love with a girl but losing her in the process, then tries to look for her again, but the girl doesn't want to go back to him anymore, and goes away.

Checking out Automatic Loveletter’s music has been such a wonderful experience. Their songs were great and Juliet Simms’ voice is powerfully different with a unique sound between husky and high pitched. Their music reminds of the likes of Paramore and Flyleaf. The difference is that the band's music somehow sounds unpolished, making it sound as if more emotions has been put into their songs, you can almost feel the angst or that certain feeling that the singer tries to show. However, generally, they sound more like those bands back in the 1990s where their instrumental setup is basic, with straightforward lyrics that will make you reminisce of past break-ups with lyrics such as:

You color my eyes red

Your loves not alive it's dead

This letters written itself inside-out again

When rivers turn to roads and lovers become trends

Hush, this is where it ends.

Track: Hush

Album: Recover

…And will also make you feel giddy all over, like the first
time you ever fell in love.

Tonight we're alive for the very first time

Tonight we're alive 'cause there's no where to hide

Don't give up on me now

I won't let you down

When we come back to life

Track: Back to Life

Album: Truth or Dare

…Or some lines to bid goodbye to whoever made a mark in our lives.

It's goodbye to the ones we left

There's a place on my pillow should you need to rest

And a sense of belonging that never ends

But I'll always be hoping that one day I'll see you again.

Track: Pillows

Album: The Kids Will Take Their Monsters On

Automatic Loveletter videos:

Make-up Smeared Eyes

Hush

Hush (acoustic)

Black Ink Revenge (live)

I was just wondering why this particular song (below) is not part of any of their albums, I like the up-beat tune of this song and the wonderfully light lyrics it has.

When We First Met

Lyrics:

*****

When we're together we drift awayOften out of sightWe feel things that we can't explainIf we try hard we just mightShake shake baby on and onWe're gonna break break, break on outShake shake baby on and onWe're gonna break break, break on outSweep me off of my feetTake me back to the beginningThe night when we first metSo me and you can keep a secretYou're not close enough to hear itThe night when we first metThe night when we first metWe first metThe night when we first metWaves crash down, the moon is highTake my hand, lead me inOur clothes are on the shore, the waters coldWe keep each other warm

Shake shake baby on and onWe're gonna break break, break on outShake shake baby on and onWe're gonna break break, break on outSweep me off of my feetTake me back to the beginningThe night when we first metSo me and you can keep a secretYou're not close enough to hear itThe night when we first metThe night when we first metWe first metThe night when we first met

We are in loveWe are in loveIn loveIn loveIn loveSweep me off of my feetTake me back to the beginningThe night when we first metSo me and you can keep a secretYou're not close enough to hear itWhat they don't know can't hurtIt felt so right when you kissed meClose your eyes and you miss meThe night when we first metShooting stars got us wishingThat our eyes pay attentionThe night when we first metThe night when we first metWe first metThe night when we first met
*****

I don’t know why such a band hasn’t been very famous or
popular in the mainstream scene when they are this good. Anyway, I hope you
enjoyed the videos.